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ENH: CAD Models Parser

Open giovaniceotto opened this issue 2 years ago • 0 comments

Entering distances/positions in any Rocket simulator is the worst part of the experience...

If we have detailed CAD models of our rockets, why aren't we using them to retrieve such information.

This issue requests CAD file support to define a Rocket class.

Requirements

  1. Support for an open CAD file type, such as STEP.

  2. Retrieval of mass and inertia moments from the file.

  3. Be able to identify common aerodynamic surfaces such as nose cone, fins and tails, and their respective positions and types.

Proposed Milestone

This implementation definitely requires a big leap. Thus, as of right now, v3.0.0 seems to be the soonest that we can bring this feature in.

giovaniceotto avatar Nov 05 '22 03:11 giovaniceotto